Western Front
BASTOGNE BESIEGED. US 101st Airborne Division and 10th Armored Division have to be supplied by air.
Sea War
German convoy runs into mineÂfield laid off Norway by FF submarine Rubis bringing her total numbers of sinking to 23 ships.
Neutrals
Switzerland: Death of Abbas Hilmi Pasha, last Khedive (Turkish Viceroy) of Egypt, 1892-1914; aged 70.